oh kelley - why does the alphabet have to be 26 letters long? i am way too tired and not feeling clever enough to do all the letters. so here is my abbreviated version - KUBITZA
K- kids. obviously, 3. the 2 boys and my daughter. i am just starting to see the end of the toddler tunnel and am enjoying everyone. another on the horizon? we can never know but it would be a surprise.
U- unknown fact about me. ugh. how unknown do we want to get here? i could go the "ice-breaker" route and talk about how i used to show horses. or i could get really transparent and talk about that time that i was 16 and got caught with a group of my friends......aw, nevermind
B- best friend. this is a hard one because i make really good friends wherever i end up. my longest ever is juliet, most unlikely is cora, in brazil is kelley, etc....get it?
I- indulgences. since i have been back in the US i would have to say Bryers mint chocolate chip icecream...it is my "after the kids go to bed" treat
T- tag 5 more. this is where i embarrassingly admit that i dont know how to tag. to me that is still a thing you do on the playground - keeping it old-school
Z-zodiac. pisces. the fish. and i am very much a fish. the constellations and their effect on our personalities are not all mystical but real forces in nature. take a peek at my sign and see if it doesnt do a good job describing me.
A- attached or single? attached to my hubby for the last 11 years.
that was kind of fun. thanks kells!!
Thursday, September 18, 2008
underwear documentary
it's 10 pm and my son nathaniel is sitting by my side. we are on the couch watching a documentary on underwear.
he's not in bed because he took a very long nap this afternoon so now he is not tired. did you know that the sales of colored mens briefs beat out those of white briefs for the first time in 2006? so if the men in your life are still wearing white they may not be in touch with current trends.
nathaniel thinks that life after his bedtime is a little boring. but still funner than going to bed.
he's not in bed because he took a very long nap this afternoon so now he is not tired. did you know that the sales of colored mens briefs beat out those of white briefs for the first time in 2006? so if the men in your life are still wearing white they may not be in touch with current trends.
nathaniel thinks that life after his bedtime is a little boring. but still funner than going to bed.
Monday, September 15, 2008
first amendment violations?
last week we had our first "public school" situation.
davian came home from school and got that question that we all loved as kids
so how was school today?
i was surprised by the response i got because it was not the expected fine.
the kids all get a writing journal and daily or weekly assignments. the first assignments she received were to write something that is important to you. so what did she write about? Jesus. she wrote about his death and resurrection and how he saved her from her sins. it was beautiful. so what was the problem? her teacher told her that she is attending a public school and she is not allowed to write anything about Jesus. the assignment was supposed to be read aloud to the class and so she was not permitted to read her entry.
of course dan and i got on the internet to see if she was really outside the line on this. we were both really surprised to discover that children have all sorts of first amendment protection when it relates to religion in the public school. we called a meeting with the teacher and the principal and to our delight the situation was rectified and her assignment was recognized as legitimate.
let me just say that we have NO issues with the teacher. she did not belittle davian or cause any problems. she was erring on the side of caution and was glad that the lines have now been better defined. i do fear however that many schools are not allowing students to express themselves.
the principal did have to take exception to the artwork that accompanied her journal entry.
wanna guess at what it was?
Jesus dying on the cross complete with lots of blood and wounds. biblically accurate but a little too violent for the schools taste. scary for other children, etc.
that's my girl!
davian came home from school and got that question that we all loved as kids
so how was school today?
i was surprised by the response i got because it was not the expected fine.
the kids all get a writing journal and daily or weekly assignments. the first assignments she received were to write something that is important to you. so what did she write about? Jesus. she wrote about his death and resurrection and how he saved her from her sins. it was beautiful. so what was the problem? her teacher told her that she is attending a public school and she is not allowed to write anything about Jesus. the assignment was supposed to be read aloud to the class and so she was not permitted to read her entry.
of course dan and i got on the internet to see if she was really outside the line on this. we were both really surprised to discover that children have all sorts of first amendment protection when it relates to religion in the public school. we called a meeting with the teacher and the principal and to our delight the situation was rectified and her assignment was recognized as legitimate.
let me just say that we have NO issues with the teacher. she did not belittle davian or cause any problems. she was erring on the side of caution and was glad that the lines have now been better defined. i do fear however that many schools are not allowing students to express themselves.
the principal did have to take exception to the artwork that accompanied her journal entry.
wanna guess at what it was?
Jesus dying on the cross complete with lots of blood and wounds. biblically accurate but a little too violent for the schools taste. scary for other children, etc.
that's my girl!
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
date night
sorry i have been negligent on posting for a few days...ok, maybe more than a few.
life goes on.....school, lots of "hanging out" and a strange thing that my girlfriend likes to call date nights.
so my friend invited us out for dinner and a movie with her boyfriend. dan and i had not been to the movies since, uummm, hhhhmmmmm, i cant remember. im not just saying that to be funny. i honestly cant remember the last movie that we didnt watch on our laptops :)
dan was overcome by the nostalgia of being at the movies and gave in to his munchies. everyone else seemed to be at the concession stand - maybe they were giving something away. wrong. of course we didnt know what had happened over the last several decades since we had been to the movies. we decided to go with the #1 - 2 medium drinks and a medium popcorn. when the poor cashier pulled out these HUMUNGOUS cups i was aghast. i questioned her is THAT the medium size? she seemed a little surprised like i was shocked that i wasn't getting enough. oh, well, you can upgrade to the large for another $1.50. dan and i just started laughing because these 2 mediums were like 2 liters. i am not lying. one 2 liter a piece. i told her that i wanted to Downgrade to smalls but then she said those didnt come with the package. well then she hauled out the barrel of popcorn. she actually had to use 2 hands to put this thing up on the counter. it was frightening. we wouldn't eat all that popcorn in 6 weeks. i looked at dan and hoped he was hungry. if the sizes were not bad enough, this cute little cashier looked up at us and said, ok, that will be $17.50. dan and i turned and stared at eachother. not surprising i guess since we were getting like 10 pounds of popcorn and two 2 liters of soda.
i guess you can take the missionary out of the feild but you cant take the cheap out of the missionary. i was yelling at myself in my mind - what are you doing? are you really going to spend that much money on food that you wont even be able to finish? what if your cheap friend joy in brazil finds out about this? you've got to do something and now! so i kind of cocked my head and asked the girl how much it would be if we only bought one 2 liter. $12.50. that was better. and again in my mind i'm saying you mean to tell me that your charging $5 for a soda?? but the sense of relief at paying less and not feeling forced to finish that drink felt so sweet.
dan needed 2 arms to carry his popcorn and no, he didnt finish it all. i think he ate 1/4 of it which would be like 2 bags of microwave popcorn. the couple we were with were laughing along with us but they did seem a little grossed out that we would share a straw. how do i know this? because my friend said you're sharing your drink? aren't you gonna get 2 straws? my response - we're married. we dont need 2 straws.
but there is not anything special about seeing a movie at the theater. i had to keep my shoes on and i couldn't pause it to go to the bathroom. the one thing that i do miss about being in a theater is being around other people as they are watching movies. at this particular movie i got a chuckle when like 2 people applauded at the end. there have only been a few movies made in all time that deserved applause and this was not one of them.
dan and i had a very interesting movie watching experience in NYC. we were killing time in between our...oh, forget it, i need more time to tell this story....
life goes on.....school, lots of "hanging out" and a strange thing that my girlfriend likes to call date nights.
so my friend invited us out for dinner and a movie with her boyfriend. dan and i had not been to the movies since, uummm, hhhhmmmmm, i cant remember. im not just saying that to be funny. i honestly cant remember the last movie that we didnt watch on our laptops :)
dan was overcome by the nostalgia of being at the movies and gave in to his munchies. everyone else seemed to be at the concession stand - maybe they were giving something away. wrong. of course we didnt know what had happened over the last several decades since we had been to the movies. we decided to go with the #1 - 2 medium drinks and a medium popcorn. when the poor cashier pulled out these HUMUNGOUS cups i was aghast. i questioned her is THAT the medium size? she seemed a little surprised like i was shocked that i wasn't getting enough. oh, well, you can upgrade to the large for another $1.50. dan and i just started laughing because these 2 mediums were like 2 liters. i am not lying. one 2 liter a piece. i told her that i wanted to Downgrade to smalls but then she said those didnt come with the package. well then she hauled out the barrel of popcorn. she actually had to use 2 hands to put this thing up on the counter. it was frightening. we wouldn't eat all that popcorn in 6 weeks. i looked at dan and hoped he was hungry. if the sizes were not bad enough, this cute little cashier looked up at us and said, ok, that will be $17.50. dan and i turned and stared at eachother. not surprising i guess since we were getting like 10 pounds of popcorn and two 2 liters of soda.
i guess you can take the missionary out of the feild but you cant take the cheap out of the missionary. i was yelling at myself in my mind - what are you doing? are you really going to spend that much money on food that you wont even be able to finish? what if your cheap friend joy in brazil finds out about this? you've got to do something and now! so i kind of cocked my head and asked the girl how much it would be if we only bought one 2 liter. $12.50. that was better. and again in my mind i'm saying you mean to tell me that your charging $5 for a soda?? but the sense of relief at paying less and not feeling forced to finish that drink felt so sweet.
dan needed 2 arms to carry his popcorn and no, he didnt finish it all. i think he ate 1/4 of it which would be like 2 bags of microwave popcorn. the couple we were with were laughing along with us but they did seem a little grossed out that we would share a straw. how do i know this? because my friend said you're sharing your drink? aren't you gonna get 2 straws? my response - we're married. we dont need 2 straws.
but there is not anything special about seeing a movie at the theater. i had to keep my shoes on and i couldn't pause it to go to the bathroom. the one thing that i do miss about being in a theater is being around other people as they are watching movies. at this particular movie i got a chuckle when like 2 people applauded at the end. there have only been a few movies made in all time that deserved applause and this was not one of them.
dan and i had a very interesting movie watching experience in NYC. we were killing time in between our...oh, forget it, i need more time to tell this story....
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
worstest moms
a few months ago while driving around brazil nathaniel asked me mom, why did God make worstest moms? i couldn't imagine what he was talking about. worstest moms? yeah, mom, like moms that are really worse. worse than what i wondered. worstest than other moms. this led to a very long explanation of how God did not make mom's bad but sometimes mom's make choices that are bad and dont treat their children well. well, you are the worstest mom in the world. why are you such a worstest mom? i was really taken back. i told him that i was not a worstest mom. i don't lock him in closests, withhold food, throw him down the stairs or put out cigarrettes on his buttocks. why, in heaven's name, am i the worstest mom in the world? because you don't give me everything i want. that's why i don't like you right now.
well, if that is his criteria than i guess i do get that undesirable title. someone recently told me that she has a friend whose goal is to never have to say "no" to her child. i couldn't help it but the first thing that came out of my mouth was you've got to be kidding me!!?? what kind of idiot is she??!! so i am sorry if that is offensive but what in the world? what is wrong with saying NO? sometimes i say no to things that i could easily say yes to just so they can practice not complaining about not getting something they want.
oh man, good thing nathaniel can't read this.
well, if that is his criteria than i guess i do get that undesirable title. someone recently told me that she has a friend whose goal is to never have to say "no" to her child. i couldn't help it but the first thing that came out of my mouth was you've got to be kidding me!!?? what kind of idiot is she??!! so i am sorry if that is offensive but what in the world? what is wrong with saying NO? sometimes i say no to things that i could easily say yes to just so they can practice not complaining about not getting something they want.
oh man, good thing nathaniel can't read this.
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